The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected industry arguments, including those from trucking, that the federal government must consider cost and not just health benefits in setting national air pollution standards

Tire pressure warnings will have to be displayed on the dashboards of all motor vehicles - and that includes heavy trucks - within three years.
This requirement is hidden away in the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act

Julie Anna Cirillo has been confirmed as Assistant Administrator and Chief Safety Officer of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
The appointment officially makes Cirillo the top career official in the agency

After eight months of feeling like he had a target on his chest, Clyde Hart, until last Saturday acting head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is confident when he says the hours of service proposal won't go away

Of all the tools of governance, the one that has the most impact on the quality of peoples' lives is transportation.
That, said Norman Y. Mineta, is why he accepted President Bush’s invitation to serve as Secretary of Transportation

Within hours after taking office, President George W. Bush managed to raise the ire of environmentalists with an executive order that temporarily stalls some new regulations, including new diesel emissions rule

The Department of Transportation’s truck safety program is getting better but still has a way to go, says the DOT Inspector General in a critique to be released today.
The agency that runs the program, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, needs to speed up its rulemaking machinery